Alphabet associations - I

[Norfolk Born]

Please tell me it was Louis Armstrong - and not Boyzone!!

Relax - it was Old Satchelmouth! It looks as though you'll have to google the title yourself.

[amateur51]

Here we go my little goslings .....

What H

Was named after a French Revolutionary feast-day

Was a pupil and later a protegé of Cherubini

Wrote a cantata premiered in 1849 which is generally considered to be the first mainstream western orchestral composition to use quarter tones.

[Nick Armstrong]

well another fine theory goes West, innit

Toscanini gave his last concert in 1954; Cantelli was killed in 1956, and gave performances of Verdi Requiem in 1955, so prehaps this fits the story better ().

Cantelli was killed in November 1956 and Toscanini died in January 1957, never having been told of Cantelli's death

I'm confused!!!!

Well I must say I enjoyed messages #6643 - 6648 no end, having returned slightly tiddly after a client drinks thing.

I'm so far out of the AA loop what with all the legal nonsense lately. I want to see if I can give Ammy's "H" a run for its money!

[Nick Armstrong]

Here we go my little goslings .....

What H

Was named after a French Revolutionary feast-day

Was a pupil and later a protegé of Cherubini

Wrote a cantata premiered in 1849 which is generally considered to be the first mainstream western orchestral composition to use quarter tones.

Good heavens! H-H-H-H-Halévy who I'd vaguely heard of ("La Juive") was called in full Jacques-François-Fromental-Élie Halévy, and the Fromental bit (the first name by which he was generally known) arose from the fact that he was born on 17 May, the feast-day called Fromental in the French Revolutionary calendar which still held sway that year in 1799. He became Cherubini's pupil at the age of 10 and the 'quarter tone' cantata was Prométhée enchaîné

I really shall go to bed (shortly) less stupid thanks to that question.

I guess I have another "I" to set tomorrow....

[amateur51]

Good heavens! H-H-H-H-Halévy who I'd vaguely heard of ("La Juive") was called in full Jacques-François-Fromental-Élie Halévy, and the Fromental bit (the first name by which he was generally known) arose from the fact that he was born on 17 May, the feast-day called Fromental in the French Revolutionary calendar which still held sway that year in 1799. He became Cherubini's pupil at the age of 10 and the 'quarter tone' cantata was Prométhée enchaîné

I really shall go to bed (shortly) less stupid thanks to that question.

I guess I have another "I" to set tomorrow....

Dag-nabbit Caliban, I'd got La Juive lined up as a significant clue, mercia-style

Bravo bravo

[Nick Armstrong]

Dag-nabbit Caliban, I'd got La Juive lined up as a significant clue, mercia-style

Bravo bravo

Sorry to get between you and your Juive in such an unmannerly fashion...

I have an "I" if you would like to have a little Friday flutter:

A literary success by a theatrical knight, a Japanese-set work by someone known for rusticity, and a rich red-sounding person

[vinteuil]

is the "rich, red-sounding, person" musical?

[Nick Armstrong]

is the "rich, red-sounding, person" musical?

Yes vinteuil, indeed - as is element 2 of the question. Element 1 is non-musical.

[vinteuil]

well obvi, (as the yoof say... ) - 1 & 2 were easy peasy - but I can get find my way to 3...

[Nick Armstrong]

well obvi, (as the yoof say... ) - 1 & 2 were easy peasy - but I can get find my way to 3...

Would you care to enlarge on that, as the actress said to the bishop?

Why not spit out 1 & 2 then (which will net you the "J") and someone else can dive in and help with 3 perhaps...?

[vinteuil]

Why not spit out 1 & 2 then (which will net you the "J") and someone else can dive in an help with 3 perhaps...?

well - Iris - the Richd: Eyre take on Ms Murdoch, and the Mascagni opera...

[mercia]

not Pinero?

I can't get number 3 neither

[vinteuil]

not Pinero?

I can't get number 3 neither

mercia - I'm sure you're right - Pinero a much better answer! ...

[Nick Armstrong]

well - Iris - the Richd: Eyre take on Ms Murdoch, and the Mascagni opera...

Bravo vinteuil - yes Iris is the "I" for the two reasons you state.

I can't see the possible Pinero connection, mercia... Could you explain, just to satisfy my curiosity?

As for the third element: what is a single word for a deep rich red colour? Link it with Iris and you're there

[mercia]

silly me

Sir Arthur Wing Pinero - Iris, a 5-act play of circa 1901 (apparently)

(Oscar Asche played Maldonado )

I'd like to hear the octopus aria from the opera